This study was conducted to describe unrecorded five species of thrips from leaf litter and dead wood in Korea. Described three species of Elaphrothrips 1,2,3, Podothrips sasacola and Pentagonothrips antennalis are for the first time in Korea. Specimens of thrips were collected in the area of Suweon, Jeju-Do., Mt. Seolag and Mt. Jiri in Korea, during the period from 1980 to 1981.